Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 3 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
They send forth as a flock their sucklings, And their children skip,
They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,
Cross References
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak …